John Earnhardt manages the social media team responsible for Cisco's award-winning news site (The Network) and other corporate communications channels such as The Platform blog and Facebook page, Twitter @CiscoSystems (2010 B2B Twitterer of the Year) and LinkedIn. He also manages the PR team's media strategy, corporate op-ed program, broadcast media strategy and executive media training. John was named Co-Winner of the 2012 PR People Awards’ Social Media Professional of the Year. Previously, he managed policy communications in Cisco's Global Policy and Government Affairs department where he was responsible for using communications channels to advance Cisco's state, federal and global public policy objectives.